Another fun ride tonight Why is that every motorist thinks that every cyclist rides at 10kmph and decide to forget a stop sign and pull out in front of me. Bloody hell,

fuming
Donald

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Now don't be mean to the poor motorists. Remember, your mum is one of them ... which is why I stay well clear of motorists

Of course, we should keep some sort of balance to this conversation and mention the purity and skill of the average cyclist

I nearly got taken out this morning - ruddy kid on one of them small wheeled scooters. Came flying down an access ramp onto the bike track and nearly T-boned me. Okay, it wasn't that close really, but close enough for me to see his eyes widen as he realised that perhaps it wasn't a very bright idea

Shoes what are those things I ride with thongs on My light is bright just i don't want to blind other cyclist when going over the Storey Bridge!
Nah have not got to the point of impact yet even though it has been close a few times.
Most of the time my reaction is a patronising shake of the head at them. Much more effective then yelling at them cos being patronising can really get under ones skin

Donald

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I took my daughter out into the so called 'peak hour' traffic after work last night. It was actually to go to the crit circuit (10km away) because she's not very confident with the cornering (round abouts in the crit cct) and it turned out to be a good lesson on what to watch out for in heavy traffic with frustrated motorist wanting to get home.
I'm trying to get her to look around more to know what's around her all the time but having never driven she doesn't know what it's like not having mirrors to see what's going on around.
I remember going from the motorbike to the bicycle and it was like being half blind not having the mirrors to rely on.

Honestly, they wouldn't know peak hour traffic if it bit them on the arse up here. I'm from Melbourne area and drove in it for years so peak hour up here is, at worst, just heavy traffic.

Not the done thing on an upright bike, but more or less essential on recumbents due to it being more diffficult to look properly behind you by turning your head. In fact there's a guy on one of the recumbent forums who regularly takes part in crit races with mirrors and finds they give him a tactical advantage due to always knowing exactly what's going on behind him.

But the problem here is not needing to see behind but Dumb A## motorist in front.

Donald

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